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This page is about the Piñatas that are used to upgrade plants. For the ones that appear after completing a Piñata Party event, see Party Piñata.

Piñatas are new items added in the 5.7.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2. Each of them contain coins and seed packets that are used to level up plants. There are total of twenty-two types of piñatas, eleven of which are each based on one of the worlds in the game, while the remaining eleven are special piñatas.

Overview[]

Piñatas contain a random medium number of coins (100-500, 2500 for Epic Quest) and seed packets with some of them containing bonus seed packets of either Epic Quest or premium plants. Players may also receive seed packets of plants they haven't obtained, usually as bonus seed packets. They could also be plants that the player hasn't unlocked yet in worlds.

Origins[]

PIÑATA

The name is based off a Piñata, a container made of cloth or pottery, and usually filled with small toys or candy that is eventually broken as part of a celebration or ceremony. Originally, most piñatas form the shape of a llama.

Buying[]

Piñatas can be bought from the store with Gems (20 each, respectively). However, when bought in larger amounts (6) they will give extra ones, making them more worth it, as they will give more seed packets than buying them separately. The amount of seed packets awarded in world piñatas bought in the store will increase depending on your league in Arena, and the amount of extra piñatas earned when buying them in large amounts increases by 1 for each league. World piñatas bought in the store always award 500 coins. 20 gems can buy 1 Egyptian piñata; 100 can buy 6+ piñatas of all worlds.

Piñata Tracker 9.6

Since the 5.9.1 update, world-based Piñatas can also be obtained from the Piñata Tracker by replaying completed levels (except for Beghouled) of that world. Note that playing a new level does not count and up to 3 Piñatas can obtained from it at a given time although the Piñata limit can be expanded for up to 5 Piñatas (3 in 9.6.1 onwards) via IAPs. The given timer resets every 12 hours since the last time the player has played which only counts when there is an Internet connection.

Seed Packets[]

Seed packets obtained from Piñatas are based on the given selection of its type. Each Piñata obtained via Piñata Tracks contains 3 or 4 seed packets of 2 plants and each store purchased Piñata contain 5+ seed packets of 4 plants. When bought in large amounts, they will give 10 seed packets for several plants. The plants can get 20+. Premium piñatas will award either: 5 seed packets for 2 plants; or 10 seed packets for one plant. Each Piñata may also have a chance to contain 5 bonus seed packets of a premium plant, which they are the rarest to find.

Seed packets of plants can be obtained from the world they were unlocked in, exceptions being plants unlocked from Player's House (found on the Ancient Egypt Piñata instead) and plants not unlocked from worlds (Premium and Epic Quest plants, which are found either as Bonus Seed Packets or from Special Piñatas).

Types of Piñatas[]

Here is the table of Piñatas that can be bought from the store, how many Piñatas that can be bought at once, and what and how many seed packets can obtained from the Piñatas.

Piñatas Quantity Seed Packets available Total seed packets obtainable Note
Ancient Egypt 1 or 6+ (more depending on league) Sunflower2, Peashooter2, Wall-nut2, Potato Mine2, Bloomerang2, Cabbage-pult2, Iceberg Lettuce2, Grave Buster2, Twin Sunflower2, Bonk Choy2, Repeater2 20+4 (more depending on league) 120+ (more depending on league) 20 or 100
Pirate Seas 6+ Kernel-pult2, Snapdragon2, Spikeweed2, Coconut Cannon2, Cherry Bomb2, Spring Bean2, Spikerock2, Threepeater2 120+ 100 gems
Wild West 6+ Split Pea2, Chili Bean2, Lightning Reed2, Tall-nut2, Pea Pod2, Melon-pult2, Winter Melon2 120+ 100 gems
Frostbite Caves 6+ Hot Potato2, Pepper-pult2, Chard Guard2, Stunion2, Rotobaga2 120+ 100 gems
Lost City 6+ Red Stinger2, A.K.E.E.2, Endurian2, Stallia2 120+ 100 gems
Far Future 6+ Laser Bean2, Blover2, Citron2, E.M.Peach2, Infi-nut2, Magnifying Grass2, Tile Turnip2 120+ 100 gems
Dark Ages 6+ Sun-shroom2, Puff-shroom2, Fume-shroom2, Sun Bean2, Magnet-shroom2 120+ 100 gems
Neon Mixtape Tour 6+ Phat Beet2, Celery Stalker2, Garlic2, Spore-shroom2, Intensive Carrot2 120+ 100 gems
Jurassic Marsh 6+ Primal Peashooter2, Primal Wall-nut2, Perfume-shroom2, Primal Sunflower2, Primal Potato Mine2 120+ 100 gems
Big Wave Beach 6+ Lily Pad2, Tangle Kelp2, Bowling Bulb2, Guacodile2, Banana Launcher2 120+ 100 gems
Modern Day 6+ Moonflower2, Nightshade2, Shadow-shroom2, Dusk Lobber2, Grimrose2 120+ 100 gems
Premium Piñata 1,4, or 10 Snow Pea2, Power Lily2, Squash2, Torchwood2, Jalapeno2, Starfruit2, Hypno-shroom2, Pea-nut2, Chomper2, Homing Thistle2, Hurrikale2, Lava Guava2, Fire Peashooter2, Toadstool2, Cactus2, Electric Blueberry2, Grapeshot2, Cold Snapdragon2, Shrinking Violet2, Escape Root2, Wasabi Whip2, Explode-O-Nut2, Kiwibeast2, Apple Mortar2, Bombegranate2, Parsnip2, Electric Peashooter2, Dandelion2?, Ghost Pepper2?, Sweet Potato2?, Blooming Heart2?, Sap-fling2?, Strawburst2?, Jack O' Lantern2?, Witch Hazel2?, Missile Toe2?,

Hot Date2?

20, 80, or 200 Requires real money
Piñata - Cold Plants 3, 13, 35, or 75 Cold Snapdragon2, Snow Pea2, Iceberg Lettuce2, Hurrikale2, Winter Melon2, Missile Toe2 60, 260, 700, or 1500 Requires real money
Piñata - Fire Plants 3, 13, 35, or 75 Wasabi Whip2, Fire Peashooter2, Pepper-pult2, Jalapeno2, Hot Potato2, Snapdragon2, Torchwood2 60, 260, 700, or 1500 Requires real money
Piñata - Sun Plants 3, 13, 35, or 75 Sunflower2, Twin Sunflower2, Toadstool2, Sun-shroom2, Sun Bean2, Primal Sunflower2, Moonflower2, Gold Bloom2, Solar Tomato2 60, 260, 700, or 1500 Requires real money
Piñata - Electric Plants 3, 13, 35, or 75 Magnifying Grass2, Electric Blueberry2, Lightning Reed2, Electric Currant2, Electric Peashooter2, E.M.Peach2 60, 260, 700, or 1500 Requires real money,
Piñata - Explosive Plants 3,13,35 or 75 Potato Mine2, Cherry Bomb2, Primal Potato Mine2, Explode-O-Nut2, Grapeshot2, Bombegranate2, Escape Root2 60, 260, 700, or 1500 Requires real money
Piñata - Mushrooms Hypno-shroom2, Sun-shroom2, Puff-shroom2, Fume-shroom2, Magnet-shroom2, Spore-shroom2, Perfume-shroom2, Shadow-shroom2 Requires real money
Piñata - Nut Plants Wall-nut2, Tall-nut2, Infi-nut2, Endurian2, Primal Wall-nut2, Explode-O-Nut2, Pea-nut2 Requires real money
Piñata - Fruit Plants 3, 13, 35, or 75 Bombegranate2, Starfruit2, Apple Mortar2, Grapeshot2, Citron2, Electric Blueberry2, Banana Launcher2, Cherry Bomb2, Melon-pult2, Winter Melon2, E.M.Peach2, Lava Guava2, Kiwibeast2, Strawburst2 60, 260, 700, or 1500 Requires real money
Piñata - Greens 3, 13, 35 or 75 Cabbage-pult2, Bonk Choy2, Split Pea2, Blover2, Celery Stalker2, Intensive Carrot2, Hurrikale2, Squash2, Caulipower2, Repeater2, Peashooter2, Threepeater2, Pea Pod2, Primal Peashooter2 60, 260, 700 or 1500 Requires real money
Season and Plant Piñata 5, 20 or 60 Zoybean Pod2, Dazey Chain2, Enlighten-mint2, Electrici-tea2, Blastberry Vine2, Pokra2, Imp Pear2, Pyre Vine2, Pumpkin2Phat Beet2, Primal Wall-nut2, Pea Pod2, Twin Sunflower2, Coconut Cannon2, Moonflower2, Blover2, Fume-shroom2, Hot Potato2, Potato Mine2, Sun-shroom2, Banana Launcher2, Winter Melon2, Intensive Carrot2, E.M.Peach2, Primal Peashooter2, Split Pea2, Wall-nut2, Spikerock2, Dusk Lobber2, Citron2, Sun Bean2, Spikeweed2, Bloomerang2, Chili Bean2, Spring Bean2, Magnet-shroom2, Infi-nut2, Perfume-shroom2, Tall-nut2, Lily Pad2, Chard Guard2, A.K.E.E.2, Celery Stalker2, Primal Potato Mine2, Iceberg Lettuce2, Magnifying Grass2, Garlic2, Nightshade2, Tile Turnip2, Endurian2, Stunion2, Bowling Bulb2, Cabbage-pult2, Primal Sunflower2, Guacodile2, Rotobaga2, Stallia2, Spore-shroom2, Shadow-shroom2, Repeater2, Grimrose2, Grave Buster2

This group of plants above appears repeatedly in the store.

5, 20 or 60 (5, 15 or 40  In-game money - 1000, 5000 or 20000

Almanac[]

These are the piñatas purchased from the almanac section (via the More button when avaliable) introduced in 10.5.2. Unlike the store, these featured premium plants and some of the World plants (from the Player's House) are not present.

Piñata Common Seed Packets Premium Seed Packets Total seed packets obtainable Cost
Ancient Egypt Cabbage-pult2 Bloomerang2 Iceberg Lettuce2 Grave Buster2 Bonk Choy2 Repeater2 Twin Sunflower2 Power Lily2 Gold Bloom2 Snow Pea2 Jalapeno2 Torchwood2 15 14 gems
Pirate Seas Kernel-pult2 Snapdragon2 Spikeweed2 Spring Bean2 Coconut Cannon2 Threepeater2 Spikerock2 Cherry Bomb2 Hurrikale2 Tumbleweed2 Cold Snapdragon2 Draftodil2 Electric Blueberry2 15 14 gems
Wild West Split Pea2 Chili Bean2 Pea Pod2 Lightning Reed2 Melon-pult2 Tall-nut2 Winter Melon2 Starfruit2 Shrinking Violet2 Electrici-tea2 Electric Currant2 Cactus2 15 16 gems
Frostbite Caves Hot Potato2 Pepper-pult2 Chard Guard2 Stunion2 Rotobaga2 Fire Peashooter2 Wasabi Whip2 Electric Peashooter2 Dandelion2 Inferno2 15 16 gems
Lost City Red Stinger2 A.K.E.E.2 Endurian2 Stallia2 Gold Leaf2 Lava Guava2 Toadstool2 Apple Mortar2 Olive Pit2 Iceweed2 15 16 gems
Far Future Laser Bean2 Blover2 Citron2 E.M.Peach2 Infi-nut2 Magnifying Grass2 Tile Turnip2 Sling Pea2 Hocus Crocus2 Buttercup2 Gumnut2 15 16 gems
Dark Ages Sun-shroom2 Puff-shroom2 Fume-shroom2 Magnet-shroom2 Boingsetta2 Solar Tomato2 Hypno-shroom2 Pea-nut2 Caulipower2 Bombegranate2 15 16 gems
Neon Mixtape Tour Phat Beet2 Celery Stalker2 Thyme Warp2 Garlic2 Spore-shroom2 Intensive Carrot2 Zoybean Pod2 Dazey Chain2 Dartichoke2 Imp Pear2 15 16 gems
Jurassic Marsh Primal Peashooter2 Primal Wall-nut2 Perfume-shroom2 Primal Sunflower2 Primal Potato Mine2 Kiwibeast2 Goo Peashooter2 Grapeshot2 Puffball2 15 16 gems
Big Wave Beach Lily Pad2 Tangle Kelp2 Bowling Bulb2 Guacodile2 Banana Launcher2 Chomper2 Squash2 Homing Thistle2 Snap Pea2 Aloe2 15 16 gems
Modern Day Moonflower2 Nightshade2 Shadow-shroom2 Dusk Lobber2 Grimrose2 Shadow Peashooter2 Murkadamia Nut2 Escape Root2 Noctarine2 15 16 gems

Tips[]

In most cases (where players usually wanted to level-up plants obtained from worlds), only obtain piñatas that contain plants that you need, as it is time and/or money consuming to get piñatas that you don't need. Since most types of piñatas can be obtained for free, it is extremely not recommended to purchase them with money. Instead; either obtain them from quests on the Travel Log (which are easier to accomplish when done on the right regular or Endless Zone level), the piñata Tracker, or the store with a world-based piñata set of 6 or more piñatas that has the best gem value, as it is easy to get to the Iron League in Arena, where you will get 4 free piñatas from the 6-pack (then a 9-pack).

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Trivia[]

  • All Piñatas but one are based on Señor Piñata.
  • Getting seed packets for limited edition plants and premium plants that are not available is much harder to get than those of other types of plants. The luck needed is extremely high.
  • When Piñatas were first introduced, Jurassic Marsh plant seed packets were not obtainable as Jurassic Marsh Piñatas simply reward 5 gems. Therefore, Jurassic Marsh plants could not be leveled up initially.
    • This also happened to Aloe and Parsnip.
      • This was fixed in the official release, but Aloe's seed packets were still incredibly rare, but that was fixed in the 5.8.1 update.
  • Imitater and Marigold are the only plants that cannot be obtained in Piñatas as they lack plant upgrades.
    • Strangely, despite getting upgrades in 9.9.1, Gold Leaf and Thyme Warp seed packets still can't be obtained from Piñatas, this is most likely an oversight.
  • Witch Hazel is the only special-edition plant that has a chance for Bonus Seed packets.
    • Ghost Pepper, although being a fruit, cannot be obtained in the Fruits Piñata.
    • Jack O' Lantern, despite being a pumpkin, cannot be obtained in Greens nor Fruits Piñata.
    • Dandelion cannot be obtained in Explosives.
    • Hot Date cannot be obtained in Fruits.
    • Sweet Potato cannot be obtained in Greens.
    • Endurian, despite being a fruit, cannot be obtained in the Fruits Piñata, but, however, it can be obtained in the Nuts Piñata.
  • Seed packets of Sunflower and Twin Sunflower are more rare to find on Ancient Egypt Piñatas, not counting bonus seed packets.
    • Coincidentally, they can be upgraded to Level 10 while other plants from Ancient Egypt Piñatas can be upgraded to Level 20. Grave Buster is the exception of this.
  • Animations used for the moment the player collected enough seed packets for a plant to level-up are simply re-used animations of plants being watered from the Zen Garden. As a result;
    • Most unused Zen Garden animations of instant-use plants up until the Far Future update are now used. Imitater's animation still remains unused, however. This is because Imitater can't level up.
    • Instant-use plants later released (starting with Hot Potato) simply have their idle animation reset as they don't have their Zen Garden animations.
    • Some oddities occur on certain plants such as Rotobaga, Primal Peashooter, and Nightshade (droplets of water appear), Pepper-pult, Fire Peashooter , and Torchwood (their flames being extinguished). This, again, is because the game just uses the Zen Garden watering animation for that plant.

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